Ready to start or grow your business?

The Self-Employment Assistance Program is a government-funded initiative designed to support your small business journey. The best part – there are no fees.

So what’s on offer?

Exploring Self Employment Workshop

These interactive, week-long online workshops empower participants to refine and advance their business ideas, featuring expert-led sessions on Business Start Up.

Small Business Training

Provides access to free accredited training. Choose between short courses or more comprehensive Certificate III or IV courses in Entrepreneurship and New Business.

Business Plan Development

Provides support in preparing or updating your business plan to drive growth and improvement, including a two cash flow forecast.

Business Advice Sessions

Offers tailored advice on a range of topics such as staff recruitment, digital marketing, product development, and innovation. You can access two 1 hour sessions per year.

Business Health Checks

Helps existing businesses identify opportunities to enhance their commercial viability, including approaches to support development and growth in one 3 hour session.

Small Business Coaching

Provides 12 months of one-on-one business mentoring, offering ongoing support to work through challenges, brainstorm ideas, set clear goals, and sharpen your business strategy while spotting ways to manage risks.

For more information

Phone 1800 319 588

Visit https://mypathway.com.au/self-employment/

Who this service is for

General Eligibility

• Must be at least 15 years of age
• An Australian citizen, or a visa holder with working rights (with minimum 24mths left on visa)
• Not be enrolled in full-time secondary education
• Not an undischarged bankrupt
• Special eligibility for retrenched workers, veterans, and family members of serving Australian

Existing businesses

• An existing micro-business (5 or less employees including the owner)
• In need of support to continue sustainable commercial operations over the next 12 months
• Operating under an independent business structure and maintain a controlling interest over the business
• Be lawful, withstand public scrutiny and be controlled, managed and physically located in Australia

Cost

This is a federally funded program, so there is no cost to the participant.

Opening Hours

Our team is available from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday

How this service is delivered

• Face-to-face

  Sessions are delivered by appointment, either face to face or online via Microsoft Teams.

• Call or visit us online

  See our website or get in touch for more information.

• We'll come to you (outreach)

  Our services extend from the West Coast, to King Island and across the North West & Norths coasts, including the East Coast.